BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.7//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5691@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200218T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200229T150000 DTSTAMP:20200127T142507Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/arthouse-sca-faces-and-figures/ SUMMARY:ArtHouse Gallery: ArtHouse SCA: Faces and Figures DESCRIPTION:AS A FORM OF THERAPY\n\n“All my work is original. I work from life but for finer details beyond direct observation at times”\n\nA new solo exhibition\, entitled “Faces &\; Figures” by celebrated South port artist Lisa Langan\, will open in February at the Southport Contempor ary Arts Gallery in Eastbank Street.\n\nLisa has was awarded the gallery s pace when her painting “Sore Loser” was voted the winner of the People s Choice in the 2019 Sefton Open\, organized by the Southport Palette Club .\n\nNo stranger to displaying her prodigious talent before an ever-discer ning public’s critical eye\, over the past 10 years Lisa’s artwork has appeared in over 40 group exhibitions and she has also staged 7 solo show s\, including a display at the The Atkinson in Lord Street in 2018. In bot h 2016 and 2019 Lisa was shortlisted twice for the Royal Institute of Oil Painters at the Mall Galleries in London. She will be returning to The Atk inson again with another solo show in 2021. Always generous with her time she is often found sharing her considerable skills in community workshops and projects around the region.\n\n“Working with children is extremely r ewarding. They have no limitations and nothing you produce for them is too difficult for them to create. There are no boundaries. I think art is ver y important for children\, it helps them see things differently.”\n\nLis a’s own interest in art stems back to her own childhood in Ireland. “A s a young girl I would spend hours in my bedroom drawing. I sketched my fa ther as he watched TV and other members of my family in the sitting room. ”\n\nGrowing up\, Lisa started to construct jewellery and she taught her self to sew which came in useful\, when as a financially stretched Fine Ar t student at the Crawford College of Art &\; Design in Cork\, she knitt ed her own jumpers and made her own skirts. Lisa subsequently undertook fu rther explorations into Interior Design and Furniture Design at the Colái ste Stiofáin Naofa in the late 1990’s.\n\n“Although I enjoy working i n watercolour and mixed media\, my favorite media is oils. It’s an extra ordinary medium that can be used in so many different ways\, and the colou r it brings is always so vibrant. .”\n\nAt first glance\, Lisa’s still -life paintings can appear as realistic\, almost photorealistic\, translat ions of the everyday onto canvas. However\, look again\, there is much mor e than meets the casual eye.\n\n“Art\, in many forms\, has always been a part of my life\, but painting has consistently acted like a form of ther apy for me. In the words of American studio artist\, Emily Garce\, ‘Nega tive images can be easier to filter than negative words’. In my own work I found this was really the case. Adverse emotions were transformed after much paint application. Choosing specific items that spoke about a person al situation\, putting feeling and thought into each scenario and reliving the moment as I painted\, all assisted in creating the ‘final piece’ and\, without doubt\, always dissolved any previous negative emotions.”\ n\nLisa’s work will be on view from 18th - 29th February at SCA/ArtHouse \, 65 Eastbank Street (Tues thro Fri 10.00 – 15.00 and Sat 11.00 – 16. 00). ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2020/01/SeftonPrize-SORE-LOSER.jpg LOCATION:ArtHouse Gallery\, 65 Eastbank Street\, Southport\, Sefton\, PR81E J\, Southport\, United Kingdom GEO:53.645169;-3.004323 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=65 Eastbank Street\, Southp ort\, Sefton\, PR81EJ\, Southport\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TI TLE=ArtHouse Gallery:geo:53.645169,-3.004323 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191027T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR